Böcker av Russell L. Ackoff

From analyzing birth rates in India, to a fireside chat with the Queen of Iran, to introducing theme parks to the US, this book collects stories that lay bare the workings of a number of well-known businesses and other organizations - and the people who run them.

Introduces the world of Systems Thinking and its 'Dean', Russell Ackoff, to curious and enquiring managers, teachers, business people, and those who work in an organisation. This book presents 40 more of Russ Ackoff's famously witty and incisive f-Laws (or flaws) of business - following on from his 2007 collection "Management f-Laws".

Presents a collection of more than 80 of business guru, Russell Ackoff's management f-laws: the uncomfortable truths about how organizations really work, what's wrong with the way we design and manage businesses, what makes managers tick... and how we can make things work better.

Helps you find out the uncomfortable truths about how organizations really work, what's wrong with the way we design and manage businesses, what makes managers tick... and how we can make things work better. Written by business guru, Russell Ackoff, this book skewers many of the behaviours and practices taken for granted in organizations.

Executives, managers, and students have been familiar with Russ Ackoff since the 1940s.